Comments on: Happy B’ Day Mr. Washington http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/ Like Hanging at the Cash Register of your Favorite Game Store Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:18:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ChattyDM http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1713 ChattyDM Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:25:52 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/#comment-1713 Kickass RPG session with your buddies? :) At least the days are longer in March! Kickass RPG session with your buddies?

:)

At least the days are longer in March!

]]> By: Yan http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 Yan Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:13:26 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/#comment-1712 Yeah March too gets the boring month vote in my book... Rain, melting snow and general grayness.... What's too love? ;) Yeah March too gets the boring month vote in my book…

Rain, melting snow and general grayness…. What’s too love? ;)

]]> By: Sandrinnad http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1708 Sandrinnad Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:45:24 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/#comment-1708 I could totally go for a stat in February....it's usually a pretty long, sad, damp wait between New Year's Day and Good Friday (though it's March this year :D) I could totally go for a stat in February….it’s usually a pretty long, sad, damp wait between New Year’s Day and Good Friday (though it’s March this year :D)

]]> By: Graham|ve4grm http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1706 Graham|ve4grm Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:32:04 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/#comment-1706 We have a holiday today in Manitoba. Brand new this year. "Louis Riel Day". Though it's also our uni spring break, so it doesn't affect me at all. (And we do get taught some (minor) US history up here (more if you want to take optional courses). We get taught more US geography than history, but we're still taught the big stuff, especially what affected us as well. In any case, we're taught more US history than they are taught Canadian history.) We have a holiday today in Manitoba. Brand new this year. “Louis Riel Day”.

Though it’s also our uni spring break, so it doesn’t affect me at all.

(And we do get taught some (minor) US history up here (more if you want to take optional courses). We get taught more US geography than history, but we’re still taught the big stuff, especially what affected us as well. In any case, we’re taught more US history than they are taught Canadian history.)

]]> By: ChattyDM http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1704 ChattyDM Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:45:25 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/#comment-1704 I would vote for a 'February Sucks' holiday! (no offense to people who like the month, I just can't stand it) Here, statutory holidays are paid for and office/lab/academic jobs don't try to screw you over on them once you have both feet in the corporate ladder so to speak. English Canada has what's called Civic Holiday I don't remember when... and Québec celebrates St-Jean-Baptiste as the "French nation's" holiday on June 24th. Plus our 4th of July is on the 1st... :) So it makes summer sweet workwise... I would vote for a ‘February Sucks’ holiday!

(no offense to people who like the month, I just can’t stand it)

Here, statutory holidays are paid for and office/lab/academic jobs don’t try to screw you over on them once you have both feet in the corporate ladder so to speak.

English Canada has what’s called Civic Holiday I don’t remember when… and Québec celebrates St-Jean-Baptiste as the “French nation’s” holiday on June 24th.

Plus our 4th of July is on the 1st… :) So it makes summer sweet workwise…

]]> By: John Arcadian http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1703 John Arcadian Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:20:15 +0000 http://chattydm.net/2008/02/18/happy-b-day-mr-washington/#comment-1703 Haven't they been debating a Canadian holiday in February? Or is that just Louis Riel day in Manitoba. I thought there was something like family day, or the prospect of it. Sadly, despite being a holiday, corporate greed erases any benefit from a day off in a majority of cases. Most places still have work days. I, for one, am a fan of fewer holidays but having actual celebrations on them. That way the things that they are for don't get forgotten in the mish-mash of maybe I have the time off, maybe I don't, and no one actually celebrating Washington's birthday in any way that gives meaning to what it is about. Haven’t they been debating a Canadian holiday in February? Or is that just Louis Riel day in Manitoba. I thought there was something like family day, or the prospect of it.

Sadly, despite being a holiday, corporate greed erases any benefit from a day off in a majority of cases. Most places still have work days. I, for one, am a fan of fewer holidays but having actual celebrations on them. That way the things that they are for don’t get forgotten in the mish-mash of maybe I have the time off, maybe I don’t, and no one actually celebrating Washington’s birthday in any way that gives meaning to what it is about.

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